RECENT PUBLICATIONS
POETRY
from "THE EXQUISITE BUOYANCIES: A Sonography," seven poems, forthcoming from 4ink7 (2016)
from "THE EXQUISITE BUOYANCIES: A Sonography," three poems, OmniVerse (Issue 69, 2016) — online here
from "THE EXQUISITE BUOYANCIES: A Sonography," eight poems, Prelude (2016) — online here
from "THE EXQUISITE BUOYANCIES: A Sonography," one poem, Salt Hill (Issue 36, 2016) — print only
from "THE EXQUISITE BUOYANCIES: A Sonography," five poems, Bone Bouquet (Issue 7.1, 2016) — print only
from "THE EXQUISITE BUOYANCIES: A Sonography," five poems, The Pinch Journal (Issue 35.2, 2015) — print only
from "THE EXQUISITE BUOYANCIES: A Sonography," three poems, Sonora Review (Issue 67, 2015) — print only
"The Clumsy Women Creepeth Forward," twelve poems collaboratively written with Katy Rossing, Similar Peaks Journal (2015)
"On SABBATHA Eve," eight poems, Front Porch Journal (Issue 28, 2014) — online here
"The Wild Suffer," seventeen poems, The Seattle Review (Volume 7 No. 1-2, 2014) — print only
PROSE
"The Fevered Woman," short story, Quarterly West (Spring 2013) — online here
"You Will Make Several Relaxing Cuts," short story, Bellevue Literary Review (Spring 2013) — online here
AWARDS
BOOKS & CHAPBOOKS
Finalist for the Sawtooth Prize, Ahsahta Press (2018)
Finalist for the First Book Poetry Competition, CSU Poetry Center (2017)
Finalist for the 1st/2nd Poetry Book Prize (selected by Claudia Rankine), Omnidawn Publishing (2015)
Finalist for the Sawtooth Prize, Ahsahta Press (2015)
Finalist for the Sawtooth Prize, Ahsahta Press (2014)
Finalist for the Chapbook Prize, Ahsahta Press (2014)
Semi-finalist for the Poetry Chapbook Contest, Omnidawn (2014)
Semi-finalist for the Poetry Award, 42 Miles Press (2014)
Semi-finalist for the Chapbook Prize, Cutbank Literary Journal (2014)
PROSE
Honorable Mention for the Annual Fiction Prize, Gulf Coast Journal (2013)
Honorable Mention for the Annual Fiction Prize, Bellevue Literary Review (2013)
LITERARY READINGS & PERFORMANCES
2015
Union Theological Seminary | New York, NY | Collaborative Performance with Tica Douglas
Troost | Brooklyn, NY | Collaborative performance with Matthew Lusk & The FDR Sound System
Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop | Brooklyn, NY | Group reading with Dawn Lundy Martin, Abraham Smith, and Nathan Parker
Picasso Machinery | Brooklyn, NY | Group variety show with Elissa Alvarez, Algis Kizys, Lynn Wright, Matthew Lusk, and Carter Thornton
Story Booth | Memphis, TN | Impossible Languages Reading Series with Heidi Lynn Staples, PJ Williams, and Ruth Baumann
Old Alabama Town | Montgomery, AL | 10th Annual Alabama Book Festival
Desert Island Supply Co. | Birmingham, AL | Nitty Gritty Reading Series
The Grocery | Northport, AL | Ecstatic Funeral: An MFA Thesis Performance & Exhibit by Ashley Chambers
Green Bar | Tuscaloosa, AL | "The Pen is Mightier 2," Pink Box Burlesque Collaboration
Green Bar | Tuscaloosa, AL | Pure Products Reading Series with Abraham Smith and Jessica Lee Richardson
Green Bar | Tuscaloosa, AL | Triple Tongue, collaborative performance, sponsored by the Maubilans Art Collective
2014
Sella-Granata Gallery | Tuscaloosa, AL | "Exquisite Buoyancies: A Sonography," sponsored by the MFA Reading Series at UA
Out of the Blue Gallery | Boston, MA | Seattle Review Poetry Reading with Henry Finch
The Hildegarden | Portland, ME | "Exquisite Buoyancies: A Sonography," sponsored by the Tinder Hearth Reading Series
Above the Picture Framing Shop | Chicago, IL | "An Evening of Crescendo," sponsored by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Grace Aberdeen Habitat Alchemy | Tuscaloosa, AL | "The Wild Suffer," sponsored by the Slash Pine Poetry Festival
Tuscaloosa Country Club | Tuscaloosa, AL | "The Clumsy Women Creepeth Forward," collaborative performance with Katy Rossing, sponsored by the Maubilans Art Collective
2013
Jemison Mansion | Tuscaloosa, AL | "The People I Make," sponsored by the MFA Reading Series at UA
Nisus Gallery | Portland, OR | "Body Conference Press," Solo Letterpress Exhibition and Poetry Reading
2012
Green Bar | Tuscaloosa, AL | "Men Who Drown," sponsored by the MFA Reading Series at UA